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Re: Efficient handling of fast, real-time hex data

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On 05/31/2016 06:20 PM, jladasky@itu.edu wrote:
> So, how can I take the byte sequence <0x01 0x02 0x03 0x04 0x05 0x06
> \n> that Serial.readline() returns to me, and QUICKLY turn it into
> three integer values, 258, 772, and 1286?  Better yet, can I write
> these bytes directly into an array (numpy is an option), since I'm
> going to have a lot of them?

I think you might want to use the struct module. It's designed for this
kind of packing and unpacking:

https://docs.python.org/3/library/struct.html

> I never thought I would find a task that's easier for me to imagine
> doing in C than in Python, but at the moment this is one.  Thanks for
> any suggestions!

Byte and bit twiddling are things that C has always been fast at.  But I
think Python probably could do it.

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Efficient handling of fast, real-time hex data jladasky@itu.edu - 2016-05-31 17:20 -0700
  Re: Efficient handling of fast, real-time hex data Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2016-05-31 18:35 -0600
    Re: Efficient handling of fast, real-time hex data jladasky@itu.edu - 2016-05-31 18:26 -0700
  Re: Efficient handling of fast, real-time hex data Rob Gaddi <rgaddi@highlandtechnology.invalid> - 2016-06-01 01:01 +0000
    Re: Efficient handling of fast, real-time hex data jladasky@itu.edu - 2016-05-31 18:23 -0700
  Re: Efficient handling of fast, real-time hex data Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-05-31 21:16 -0700
  Re: Efficient handling of fast, real-time hex data Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2016-06-01 16:37 +1200
    Re: Efficient handling of fast, real-time hex data jladasky@itu.edu - 2016-06-01 11:03 -0700
      Re: Efficient handling of fast, real-time hex data Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2016-06-02 18:50 +1200
        Re: Efficient handling of fast, real-time hex data alister <alister.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2016-06-02 08:13 +0000
          Re: Efficient handling of fast, real-time hex data Gene Heskett <gheskett@wdtv.com> - 2016-06-02 05:41 -0400
            Re: Efficient handling of fast, real-time hex data alister <alister.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2016-06-02 12:30 +0000

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